ETHICS

• He is the founder of 4 cross points

  Ramon C. Reyes
• an ethical framework that is concerned with our understanding of the good as a matter of developing the virtuous character of a person it also focuses on the formation of one's character brought about by determining and doing virtues acts.

  Virtue Ethics
• is a moral philosophy that emphasizes individuals character and personality traits instead of their actions

  Virtue Ethics
• greek word of virtue

  areté
• refers to genuine moral excellence of character 


  Virtue
• It means humans should act in ways to seek purpose and meaning

  Eudaimonia
• greek word of practical wisdom

  phronesis
• refers to the importance of rational decision-making based on empirical evidence

  Practical Wisdom
• 3 Central Concepts of Virtue Ethics

  Virtue, Eudaimonia, Practical Wisdom
• 2 Major Thinkers of Ancient Greeks

  Aristotle and Plato
• First Comprehensive and programmatic study of virtue ethics

  Nicomachean Ethics
• For him, the real is beyond the outside of any human sensory experiences but can be somehow be understand by his own intellectual capabilities.

  Plato's Virtue Ethics
• The real is found within our everyday encounter objects of his world

  Aristotle Virtue Ethics
• greek word of purpose or aim

  telos
• Levels of hierarchy of telos

  Person must be final, person must be self-sufficient
• ultimate purpose and ultimate good of a man

  happiness
• greek word of happiness

  eudaimonia
• It cannot be done overnight 


  virtue
• doing something with passion


  excellence
• consists of the vegetative and appetitive aspects

  Irrational Element
• functions as giving nutrition and providing activity of the physical growth in a person

  vegetative aspect
• works as a desiring aspect of a man


  appetitive aspect
• concerns the act of doing

  moral
• concerns the act of knowing


  intellectual
• we do something butit is not dictated by the reason

  Irrational Element
• we do something with reasons

  Rational Faculty
• the act of doing things

  moral virtue
• as stated by aristotle this excellence is attained through teaching

  intellectual faculty
• 2 ways to attain Intellectual Excellence

  Philosopic and Practical wisdom
• It deals with attaining knowledge about the fundamental principles and truths that govern the universe

  Philosopic Wisdom
• Is an excellence in knowing the right conduct in carrying out a particular act

  Practical wisdom
• He says " Developing a practical wisdom involves learning from experiences"

  Aristotle
• It is what practical wisdom identifies as the right action

  Mesotes
• Is concerned with achieving his/her appropriate action in a manner that is neither excessive of deficient

  The rightness or wrongness feeling, passion and abilities lies in the degree of their application in a given solution

  A MORAL VIRTUOUS PERSON
• 4 Major Ethical Theories 


  Utilitarianism, Natural Law, Deontology, Virtue Ethics
• Greek word means " know thy self"

  Epimeleia he auto
• Title of the essay written by Ramon C. Reyes

  "Man and Historical Action"
• Year when Ramis identifies the 4 crosspoint

  2005
• 4 Cross Points

  Physical, interpersonal, social and historical
• Is a function of physical events in the past and material factors in the present

  ( biological genes)

  Physical Cross Point